NEWTON, a parish, with a village, in Sleaford district, Lincoln; near the Bourn, Sleaford, and Lincoln railway, which was in course of formation in 1867, 2¼ miles N W by N of Folkingham. Post-town, Folkingham. Acres, 1, 220. Real property, £1, 994. Pop., 228. Houses, 39. The manor belongs to Sir G. E. Welby Gregory, Bart. Newton House is the seat of P. B. Turnor, Esq. There is a chalybeate spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £340.* Patron, Sir G. E. Welby Gregory, Bart. The church is early English, with a tower; and was recentlyrepaired.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))